I was cleaning the front bathroom and saw, standing in a discreet (but never discreet enough) place at the rear of the toilet, the ever ubiquitous toilet plunger. I realized that I could take that household workhorse and put it in the garage. Yay!

Over the past two or so years we have replaced both toilets in the house with newer models. The old ones were awful, clogging all the time. In the front bathroom in particular we had to keep the plunger at the ready at all times. We have very hard water and the minerals clog up the little openings that allow the water into the toilet, affecting its ability to swirl around and do its job. The minerals probably line the exit pip as well, although I have never investigated that. What ever the case, it makes toilets begin to act badly after about a year of use.

Then we bought a Kohler for our back bathroom. It uses 1.6 liters of water or less per flush, so it is very water efficient. Even better, in two years of use, it has only clogged once, and that was totally human error. When we decided to replace the toilet in the front bathroom with a new one, we definitely bought a Kohler. The fellow in the store where we bought it explained that Kohler keeps the same diameter in its exit pipe, even though the bends. He said that helped prevent clogs.

I don’t really care what does it, I just know the Kohler toilets work for us. Constant plunging is fading to a bad distant memory. Gosh, that makes me happy!

Unfortunately, I did not receive a free new toilet to inspire this post. I bought both my toilets myself. I just like to share with you reviews of products we have found to work for us, in case you need something similar in your household.